Last week, a case was filed against an assistant sub inspector had raped the house help at his friend’s place. Apparently, this was no friend of his. The employer of the survivor mentioned that ASI had regularly extorted money from him and had also kept a close watch on the family. He had earlier harassed women in the household. This goes on to prove what we always say – rape is never a one-time offence, there is always a precedent, which we refuse to pay attention to.

In Nagaland, yet another rape accused was beat up and killed by a mob. The deceased had confined a minor girl in his house and raped her. When villagers got to know of this, they immediately beat him up and when village elders rescued him & were taking him to the police outpost, he succumbed to his injuries.

Shirin Dalvi

Shirin Dalvi, an urdu journalist and the only woman to head an urdu news publication, was practically boycotted by all the urdu news media six months ago when she published a news article about the Charlie Hebdo attack along with an old cover image of Charlie Hebdo, which had a caricature that ostensibly represented Prophet Mohammed.

She now has difficulty finding work, and is in debt. A collective of human rights activists have come to Dalvi’s help by appealing for funds so that she can support herself and her children.

Swetha is a communications professional who dabbles in several things. A feminist, she initially started writing for FII and now is an all-round writer, thinker, planner and sometimes also a designer! She tweets @swethadandapani

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